Skirt marker



Dec. 23, 1947. J. F. YEcHloU-r S lKIRT MARKER Filed Jan. 24,' 194e T 0 fr n e v u v I www@ Hmm Patented Dec. 23, 1947 U NIT EDs STAT ES PAT ENT G F FICE SKIRT MARKER' Josephine F. Yechout, 0maha,.Nebr.

Application January 24, 1946-, SerialNo. 643,061

1. Claim.

My invention as described herein, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, consists of a skirt marker, an object of which is to provide a marker which may be operated by a user while wearing a skirt, the length of which is to be adjusted.

Another object of my invention isto provide a skirt marker having means for vertical adjust ment thereof.

A further object of this invention is to provide a skirt marker which can be operated by the user without other assistance.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of means whereby an individual may, while wearing a skirt, accurately mark the same for any desired length and without assistance.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description and the accompanying illustrative drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of my device,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a sectional elevational View taken on line 3-3 of Figure l, and

Figure 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Figure l.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional detail View of a chalking member.

While one embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the above referred to drawings, it is to be understood that they are merely for the purpose of illustration and that various changes in construction may be resorted to in the course of manufacture in order that the invention may be utilized to the best advantage according to circumstances which may arise, without in any way departing from the spirit and intention of my device, which is to be limited only in accordance with the appended claim. And while I have Stated the primary field of utility of my invention it remains obvious that it may be employed in any other capacity wherein it may be found applicable.

In the accompanying drawings, and in the following specification, the same reference character-s are used to designate the same parts and elements throughout and in which I0, refers to my invention and I I, indicates a cement or other heavy base block having a center bore I2, within which the solid end I3, of a tube I4, is adapted to seat, whereby the same will be held rigidly upright. The tube I4, is provided with two aligning longitudinal slots I5 and I6, the former being the wider of the two. Slidably held in the tube is a telescopic tube or bar I1, provided with a lonv gitudinal slot I8, aligning with4 slot I5. The lower end 20, of bar I1, has a right angular bifurcated terminal 2 I, between the furcations 22 and 23, of which the inwardly extending tongue 24, of a swinging bar 25 is pivotally mounted by a pin 26.

A longitudinal slot 21 i-s provided in the inner face 28 of bar 25 in which is slidably mounted the head 28 of a screw bolt 28 projecting through the slot 21 and upon which is threaded a nut 29 in the outer end of which is seated a pad 3U. The inner surface of the nut bears against the face 28" of the tube 25 whereby one turn of the nut will bind the bolt in any desired adjusted position along the tube. The chalk holder is generally illustrated by the reference numeral 3l and comprises a nut 3l in the outer end of which a piece of chalk 32 is received, and the inner threaded end of said nut 3| supports the bolt 39 slidably disposed in the slots`l5 and I8, as clearly shown in Figure 4 of the drawings.

To the lower inner end 33 of the member 25 is an eye 34 to which is attached one end of a cord 35 which is threaded through the slot I8, bore 36 of tube I1 and the slot I5 of tube I4 whereby the cord may be manually operated to swing tube 25 toward tube I6 and cause pad 30 to strike against chalk 32, causing it to leave a chalk mark upon a skirt hanging between the said members I4 and 25. The impact of the pad 35 on the upper end of the bar 25 striking the chalk 32 will cause the bar 25 to rebound away from the same to drop back by gravity to its lowermost position. In this way a person wearing a skirt may stand over this device with the skirt end in the position just stated and by turning around and alternately pulling on and releasing cord 35 mark the skirt entirely therearound, the member I1 and the chalk and pad having been adjusted to the length of skirt to be marked.

A clamp -screw 31, has its reduced threaded end 38 (shown dotted), screwed into the rear end of bar I1, whereby said bar may be raised or lowered in the tube I4, and clamped in a desired position by the screw, whereby a nice adjustment may be provided for marking the skirt for any desired length. While the tube I4, and bars I1 and 25, should usually be about ten inches high, still they may be made of any desired length.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts such as come within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to, in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desire to procure by Letters Patent is:

A skirt marker comprising a base, a tube formed with diametrically opposed slots supported in vertical position in said base, a bar telescopically supported in said tube formed with a vertical slot alignable with one of the slots in said tube, a bolt extending through said alignable yslots having its head disposed within said telescopically supported bar for vertical adjustment, a chalk supporting and clamping nut on said bolt, a `chalk stick in said nut, a locking bolt supported by said telescopically supported bar extending through the other slot in said tube, an outwardly directed bifurcated terminal on the lower end of said telescopically supported bar, a longitudinally slotted 4 bar formed with an inwardly bent tongue on its lower end pivotally supported in said bifurcated terminal, a bolt having its head slidably disposed in the slot in said pivoted bar, a nut on said bolt for holding the same in the desired adjusted position, a, pad supported by said nut, and an actuating cord secured to the lower end of said pivoted bar for moving the same to cause said pad to engage a skirt at a point opposite said chalk stick when said cord is pulled.

JOSEPHINE F. YECHOUT.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Hogan Oct. 10, 1916 Number 

